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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 5, 13th edition., Chapter 15: (search)
er, honest and upright, naturally inclining to the liberal side. He had little chap. XV.} 1765. July. sagacity, but he meant well; and, in after years, preferred himself to record and to explain his errors of judgment rather than to leave in doubt the sincerity of his character. This is he to whom the poet Gray, in verses splendid but not venal, flung praise as to one who kept the steady course of honor through the wild waves of public life. In his college vacations, he had seen Pitt at Stowe, and been fascinated by his powers; he took office, in the hope that the ministry might adopt the Great Commoner as its chief. Conway, who had been arbitrarily dismissed from military office, was suggested, as Grafton's associate. But thinking men foresaw peril to the stamp act, in intrusting its execution to one of the very few persons who had opposed the passing of it; and the king wished to consign that office to Charles Townshend, by whom it had so long been coveted. Who can tell ho